Re: [Sheflug] One-tel broadband and Linux

[Seb James <seb [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2004-07-30 at 20:14, J Simpson V21 wrote:
> Hi
> 
> My telephone is with One-tel and in my last bill they sent me an offer. It
> is unlimited 512k broadband and uk calls for just £29.99.  You get free
> broadband modem and free connection + unlimited calls to UK landlines.  It
> seems a good deal to me, but will it work with Linux?
> 
> Anybody using One-Tel at the moment?  How's the best way to find out if it
> will work, as I know the companies are not very good at knowing?

Broadband works fine, but.... You need to check what kind of broadband
modem they will give you, if any. Some of these are not compatible with
Linux, or at any rate will give you some trouble.

If you go an buy a broadband router, then it's easy. You plug the router
into the dsl line (ie the phone socket) and then you plug your box into
the network socket of the router (they usually have 4 sockets so you can
connect several computers). This is highly recommended as you generally
get a firewall built into these devices, which is well worth it with a
broadband connection.

I can highly recommend the Netgear DG834, which I think costs about 70
quid the last time I looked. It's very easy to set up using a web based
interface to the device. You do need a normal network card in your
computer, of course, but the Netgear comes boxed suitable cables.

Seb

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